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E-Signatures in the GC/E-Signature Terminology (view source)
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 175%; color:navy; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">'''GC e-signature legislation and terminology'''</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 175%; color:navy; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">'''GC e-signature legislation and terminology'''</div>
Part 2 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) defines an electronic signature as follows:
“a signature that consists of one or more letters, characters, numbers or other symbols in digital form incorporated in, attached to or associated with an electronic document.”
Essentially, an electronic signature (also denoted as “e signature” for short ) can be virtually any form of electronic representation that can be linked or attached to an electronic document or transaction. Although not intended to represent an exhaustive list, examples of e-signatures include:
